Black Country Women's Aid
Let us introduce ourselves...
Black Country Women's Aid (BCWA) is an established charity working across the Black Country and wider West Midlands providing accommodation and community support services to victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking. Services range from advocacy, civil remedies, support in court, individual and group support and access to a range of therapeutic interventions. All services are client and needs-led.
Community Services Directorate
Within this directorate, the following vital services are delivered;
Black Country Women's Aid Community Services include;
- Community Domestic Abuse Support Services (Sandwell, Walsall and Dudley)
- Black Country IRIS (primary care) educator and advocacy service
- Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Services (Black Country)
- Black Country Sexual Abuse Forum
- Black Country Counselling Service
- Domestic and sexual abuse Children and Young person's service (Black Country)
- West Midlands Stalking Service
- Ask Marc (Male abuse referral centre)
This position is located within the Community Domestic Violence and Abuse Support Service
The BCWA Community Domestic Violence and Abuse Support Service supports victims of domestic violence and abuse in Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Walsall through a range of contracted/commissioning arrangements. The service works in partnership with other services within BCWA and key agencies to assess risk and provide tailored support plans for service users. Our integrated approach provides effective holistic support for survivors of abuse using a trauma-informed approach.
The Role:
The Family Drug & Alcohol Domestic Abuse Specialist is a part of the Community Services Directorate within in Black Country Women's Aid and the Domestic Abuse Services team. You will have access to a team of community IDVAs (Independent Domestic Abuse Advisors) and DAA (Domestic Abuse Advocates) to liaise with.
The FDAC operates within pre-proceedings and care proceedings and is an evidence-based innovative approach to the problem of parental substance misuse (drugs and/or alcohol) which is having a negative impact on parenting capacity. The FDAC team advises the court and links parents with relevant local services. The emphasis is on working with families to provide a bespoke problem-solving approach to promote parental/family recovery and ultimately safeguarding children and young people.
As the FDAC IDVA, you will be the specialist domestic abuse advisor working in a co-located team working alongside adult workers from mental health, drug & alcohol and social workers services. You will be working closely with each service to lead on cases where domestic abuse is the primary factor and consulting on cases where domestic abuse is not the primary factor. The emphasis is on working with families to provide a bespoke problem-solving approach to promote parental/family recovery and ultimately safeguarding children and young people.
Job Title: Family Drug & Alcohol Domestic Abuse Specialist
Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours), based across the Black Country
Salary: £24,310.04 - £27,751.55 (dependent upon qualifications and experience)
Closing date: 04 July 2024
All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams
Is this you?
This is a challenging role that requires the post holder to be empathic, compassionate and have the ability to demonstrate interpersonal skills, you must have the drive needed to advocate for clients in professional spaces such as court and in professional meetings with the Judge.
If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.
Click "Apply" to be emailed information about how to complete your application.
CVs will not be accepted.
Important information for all positions
Black Country Women's Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.
Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.
Employment checks
As a responsible employer we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:
Right to work in the UK
Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally. To avoid discrimination we treat all job applicants equally.
We, therefore, ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK. A copy of these will be taken. Once the successful candidate has been appointed the unsuccessful candidate's documents will be destroyed confidentially. You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.
References
Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer.
If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:
- a professional from your centre of study, for instance, a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
- GP or health visitor
- a character reference from a person who knows you
DBS
All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.